by Paul Magno In a month with a Klitschko-Peter title fight, the Mosley-Mora pay-per-view, Mexican Independence Day cards, and some damn fine European action, the best fight of the month is getting literally zero press. September 11th, on the Yuriorkis Gamboa-Orlando Salido HBO undercard, Anthony Peterson (30-0, 20 KOs) takes on Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios (24-0-1, 18 KOs) in … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
Paul Magno’s Monday Rant
Rant #1-- Well, I won't spend too much time on the James Toney-Randy Couture farce since I already touched on most of my main points in my article, An Open Letter to Randy Couture. However, I just want to express how bad I felt watching that freak show. Toney is one of my all-time favorites and, yeah, I know that he ultimately was the one who decided to walk into Dana … [Read more...]
An Open Letter to Randy Couture
by Paul Magno Dear Randy Couture, First, congratulations on your victory over James Toney last Saturday night. Any win is a good one and any pay day is appreciated, especially in a combat sport where you never know when your livelihood will be taken from you. I sincerely hope that you will explore the possibility of meeting James Toney's bravery with a similar, … [Read more...]
Segura Stops Calderon in Thriller
Coliseo Mario 'Quijote' Morales, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico-- WBA jr, flyweight champ, Giovanni Segura (25-1-1, 21 KOs), made it clear from the opening bell that he wasn't going to trust in the fairness of the judges in Ivan Calderon's (34-1-1, 6 KOs) home town. From the very beginning, the "Aztec Warrior" pressed the action and swarmed over the lineal and WBO jr. flyweight … [Read more...]
Calderon, Segura make weight
Ivan Calderon 107.8 vs. Giovanni Segura 107.9 Jovanne Fuentes 112.3 vs. Mcwilliams Arroyo 113.3 Héctor Marengo 135 vs. José González 135 Sigfredo Medina 120.5 vs. Mcjoe Arroyo 118.4 José Ángel Román 145.6 vs. Alexander De Jesús 138 Samuel Santana 137.1 vs. Felix Stkitts 137 Christopher Vélez 140.4 vs. José Carlos Lozada 141 Rey Díaz 136.4 vs. Jeffrey Fontánez 132 Edwin … [Read more...]